Village Cinema
South Perkins Road and Knight Arnold Road,
Memphis,
TN
38118
South Perkins Road and Knight Arnold Road,
Memphis,
TN
38118
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A medium size theatre that appeared briefly in the 1970s and then was gone. If you have any information on the Village, please update.
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Jack Coursey
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The Village was located in a strip mall on South Perkins in the heart of suburbia. Like the Balmoral (q.v.), it was built for a market that never materialized, and lasted only a few years. One theory is that increasing availability of Cable TV and VCR tapes did this type of theater in.
Sorry I can’t provide a descrition, but I went there only once—to see Tyne Daly, Richard Jaeckel, Lana Wood, and Joe Don Baker in “Speedtrap” (1977) where they smashed up about three years worth of surplus California (or maybe Arizona) Highway Patrol cars in a very few minutes of screen time. You can tell I haven’t wasted MY life….
The Village Theatre was located at 4676 Knight Arnold Rd and was part of the Sky-Vue Amusements circuit. A karate school is currently listed at this address.
I saw “An Officer and a Gentleman” at the Village. It was a second-run showing, and I’m pretty sure it was in 1983. There was an Army surplus store nearby.
This theater was located in a strip mall along with a Big Star, spaghetti depot and sakura japanese rest. Wingo says it was on S Perkins but I remember it being on Knight Arnold and S Mendenhall. The East End Grill was located across the street. Looking at the building now makes me wonder how they even stayed in business. I remember seeing Herbie Goes Bananas, Rescuers and a host of other disney flicks back in the early 80’s.